Elwood vs Port Republic

A side-by-side comparison of Elwood and Port Republic: population, income, housing, and more.

Elwood and Port Republic are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Port Republic has the higher population (1,047 vs 920 in Elwood). Port Republic has the higher median household income ($130,417 vs $68,698 in Elwood). Port Republic has the higher median home value ($412,500 vs $170,300 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Port Republic
Population	920	1,047
Median age	62.8 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,698	$130,417
Median home value	$170,300	$412,500
Median gross rent	—	$2,104
Housing units	445	477
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Port Republic
Population	1,041 → 920 (-11.6%)	1,121 → 1,047 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$78,460 → $68,698 (-12.4%)	$112,917 → $130,417 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $170,300 (-22.2%)	$267,100 → $412,500 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,600 → $2,104 (+31.5%)

Elwood

Population

1,041920

Median household income

$78,460$68,698

Median home value

$218,800$170,300

Port Republic

Population

1,1211,047

Median household income

$112,917$130,417

Median home value

$267,100$412,500

Median gross rent

$1,600$2,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	Port Republic
Under 5	1.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	1.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	1.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	7.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	20.2%	21.3%
55 to 64	25.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	35.8%	14.7%
75 and over	6.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Port Republic
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	94.4%
Black or African American	16.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	34.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Port Republic
No high school diploma	37.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	31.6%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Port Republic
Drove alone	85.5%	83.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.3%
Other means	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Port Republic
1-unit, detached	94.6%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	Port Republic
Poverty rate	8.2%	1.7%
Average household size	1.86	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1972	1985